Rapid healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis by high-frequency electrocauterization and hydrogel wound care with or without DAC N-055: a randomized controlled phase IIa trial in Kabul.

• Main Authors: Ahmad Fawad Jebran (Author), Ulrike Schleicher (Author), Reto Steiner (Author), Pia Wentker (Author), Farouq Mahfuz (Author), Hans-Christian Stahl (Author), Faquir Mohammad Amin (Author), Christian Bogdan (Author), Kurt-Wilhelm Stahl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) due to Leishmania (L.) tropica infection is a chronic, frequently disfiguring skin disease with limited therapeutic options. In endemic countries healing of ulcerative lesions is often delayed by bacterial and/or fungal infections. Here, we studied a novel...